Guide to Hallow's End 2014: New Pets, Toys, Disguises, and More!

It's that time of the year again--ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks unite! Noturnália hits Azeroth today.

Hallow's End is one of my favorite holidays in World of Warcraft. Running from from October 18 - November 1, the holiday invites players to gather candy, wands, food, masks, and even vanity pets with hard-earned treats.

Event Changes

After a drought of holiday updates, Hallow's End has some new loot in 2014!

Hallow's End loot is now ilvl 540 to get players ready for Warlords of Draenor. New Horseman loot includes:

Tricky Treats Loot

Since 2011, gone are the days of trick-or-treating hourly for a chance at an extremely rare mask or a rare vanity item. Instead, the event has been streamlined into a vendor and daily system, very similar to Jardinova. One vanity pet, Familiar Felino, makes its appearance here on a vendor, for example; meanwhile, old favorites, such as Aboborito Sinistro are purchasable. There's also Caixote Sinistro from a short questline and Homenzinho de Palha from vendors which is a fun campfire.

Tricky treats are obtained through dailies and the pumpkins spread throughout inns on the map. You will get two treats for every inn you visit as a one-time only reward, along with a potential for a mask, wand, or other fun holiday item. You then spend the tricky treats at vendors outside of your capital cities.

Vendors and quest-givers are located at special holiday hubs outside of Stormwind and Undercity.

Vendor Items

Bashiok

So after looking into it there are a few hotfixes that will be going out early next week to address the Lich King costume. We won't be testing these fixes until Monday, so until they're applied and listed in the Hotfixes blog these are just current intentions. Assuming it all goes to the current plan: the cost is being adjusted down by half, we're ensuring it is indeed 50 charges (20min per charge), and that it's usable outside of the Hallow's End event period. Keep in mind that when the hotfixes go out the cost shown on the vendor won't change, but the item will indeed be purchasable for the hotfixed amount.

Candy

Those candies you get from trick-or-treating have changed several times over WoW's history. They used to be buffs, offering amounts of stacking stats such as spell power with every consumption. However, that's changed and they now provide only visual effects.

Masks

Sadly there seem to be no pandaren masks. This brings the amount of masks for playable races up to 24.

In addition to the playable race masks, there are also four sets based on non-playable races; these masks have buffs. Because they function as buffs, they cost more to purchase and are probably meant items for the player who has nearly everything as a currency sink.

New Buffs

Two powerful buffs are tied to the Wickerman Festival. Every four hours there is a city-wide announcement and then 10 minutes later, Sylvanas or Genn buffs nearby players.

Decreto da Dama Sombria is granted to nearby players upon observing an RP event in which Sylvanas watches the burning of the Wickerman and declares it to be a sign of the strength of the Forsaken. It lasts an hour and persists through death. Level 1-79 players receive a non-mastery version, Decreto da Dama Sombria.

Determinação de Greymane works in the same way for Alliance players--Genn Greymane watches the burning of the Wickerman and celebrates the resilience of the Worgen. It lasts an hour and persists through death. Level 1-79 players receive a non-mastery version, Determinação de Greymane.

You can also obtain Aliviado/Feição Sombria and is easily gotten--just use the ashes on the ignited Wickerman bonfire outside Stormwind or Undercity. The experience bonus works on mob kills only, and the reputation bonus works on everything. The reputation bonus also stacks with other bonuses like Diplomacia and Queridinho.

If the ashes are not available, wait for someone to finish Época de construir or an NPC to rekindle it.

Treats and Goodies!

Acquiring Items

Candy Buckets (in the shape of pumpkins) are nearby the innkeepers of friendly inns. Instead of talking to an innkeeper each hour for a Treat Bag or a Trick disguise as in the past, looting each pumpkin will reward players with a Punhado de Balas (and sometimes a temporary character disguise, like the Trick debuff--do keep in mind this silence/pacifies you). This contains 0-3 Gostosura Travessa, some candy, and other vanity items. If you don't get lucky with finding rare items in your candy bags, don't worry--the Gostosura Travessa can be used to purchase them instead. This system takes the RNG component out of the holiday that many had complained about.

A Presente Mal Embrulhado can be obtained after protecting a low level Alliance (Goldshire, Kharanos, or Azure Watch) or Horde (Razor Hill, Falconwing Square, or Brill) village from the Shade of the Horseman (see Quests section below). The matrons located in these villages will ask for your aid in putting out fires in local buildings. When the Shade of the Horseman has been defeated, a large Jack-o-Lantern will appear on the ground that gives the quest Esmague a abóbora (Alliance) which can be turned in at the nearby Matron. The Matron will reward you with a sum of gold and a Presente Mal Embrulhado, which can contain candy, masks, or even riding brooms!

The Headless Horseman is a level 90 boss that players can queue up for using the Dungeon Finder tool. The boss will then spawn in the Graveyard of Scarlet Monastery. This encounter can be completed easily by a decently-geared 5-man of level 90 players. For more information check out the section below!

Items needed for all the Hallow's End achievements: You'll need an additional 48 for Máscaras para todas as ocasiões, bringing it to around ~371. This assumes you have terrible luck acquiring these items from other sources.

If you have decent luck, you'll end up with around 525 Gostosura Travessa. This isn't enough to buy every single item for fun, but if you are just doing this on one character, you can comfortably get all the items needed for Eu sou o terror que voa na noite--also keep in mind several items can be obtained through alternate means, like the Headless Horseman.

You might want to have one character get the achievements, another get new toys/battle pets, and a third get the Arthas disguise.

You can also get Trick debuffs: Bat, Cat, Frog, Mini-Diablo, Snake and Wisp.

Visiting all friendly inn buckets on continent will reward an achievement. There is also an additional candy bucket in the Temple of the Earth in Geodomo.

Locations and Maps

Tip: Clicking on the coordinates in the tables below will open a map of the bucket's location in a lightbox. To view your character and your mouse cursor's coordinates on the in-game world map, you can use our very own addon, the Wowhead Looter (type /wl loc map)

Quests

Horde Quests

Matriarca MascaradaStart:Plebeu OrcEnd:Matriarca MascaradaThis quest is just a breadcrumb quest intended to lead you to a Masked Orphan Matron located at one of the low level Horde villages, either Razor Hill, Falconwing Square, or Brill. This quest does not need to be completed in order to take the Matron's other quests.

Gostosuras de Noturnália para Assustosa!Start & End:AssustosaThis quest asks that you collect a variety of holiday treats from the innkeepers of major faction cities. However, they won't be giving the goodies away without a price! You must perform a different emote to each innkeeper before being rewarded the quest item.

O caixote sinistroThe crate itself appears unscathed and suffused with magical energy. From time to time, it shakes or bobs as if its contents were alive.Reward:Caixote Sinistro

Alliance Quests

A matriarca fantasiadaStart:Plebeu HumanoEnd:Matriarca FantasiadaThis quest is just a breadcrumb quest intended to lead you to a Costumed Orphan Matron located at one of the low level Alliance villages, either Goldshire, Kharanos, or Azure Watch. This quest does not need to be completed in order to take the Matron's other quests.

Treinamento de bombeirosStart & End:Matriarca FantasiadaThis quest can be started in either Goldshire (Floresta de Elwynn), Kharanos (Dun Morogh), or Azure Watch (Ilha Névoa Lazúli), but only completed once, at a single location. The Matron will direct you to a nearby water barrel from which you can collect Balde d'Água that can be thrown at flames. There will be test fires that you can put out by simply 'using' the bucket and aiming at the fires. When you have successfully hit 5 fires, return to the Matron for your reward.

Gostosuras da Noturnália para Jacinto!Start & End:JacintoThis quest asks that you collect a variety of holiday treats from the innkeepers of major faction cities. However, they won't be giving the goodies away without a price! You must perform a different emote to each innkeeper before being rewarded the quest item.

O caixote sinistroThe crate itself appears unscathed and suffused with magical energy. From time to time, it shakes or bobs as if its contents were alive.Reward:Caixote Sinistro

The Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman is a level 90+ 5-man boss located in the Graveyard of Monastério Escarlate. This boss will only spawn for level 89+ players who have queued for the encounter via the Dungeon Finder tool. The boss drops epic-quality gear, and additional vanity loot can be obtained from a special Loot-Filled Pumpkin awarded once per day for killing him.

Remember, you can queue up for the boss as many times as you like, but you will only have access to his regular drops after the first time--the Loot-Filled Pumpkin and a monetary reward will only be awarded once per day.

The Loot-Filled Pumpkin can also contain a randomly selected flimsy mask (if no "special" loot is awarded). It is possible to get multiple special items from the bag at the same time.

Achievements

There are a total of 20 achievements that can be obtained during Hallow's End! While running about sporting hauntingly fun Hallow's End masks and gorging on candy, find time to earn some achievements and be awarded a cool player title--the Hallowed!

CabeçãoUse Weighted Jack-o'-Lanterns to put pumpkin heads on each of the races listed below.For this achievement, you must use a Lanterna de Abóbora com Peso on at least one of every Alliance and Horde race. The Jack-o'-Lanterns can be looted from the Cavaleiro sem Cabeça or received in the Presente Mal Embrulhado available after defeating the Headless Horseman in one of the low level villages as detailed above in the Quests section. They are also rewarded from the related daily quest.

JU.G.U.I.N.H.A. RaivaEarn 10 honorable kills while under the influence of the JU.G.U.I.N.H.A. buff. It's a slap in the face!For this achievement, earn 10 honorable kills (total) while buffed by the Hallow's End candy JU.G.U.I.N.H.A.. The candy used to offer just a small dodge buff so the achievement is really just a silly pun.

It is contained in Punhado de Balas and can also be bought for if you are unlucky.

Chama o Hugo!Eat so many Tricky Treats that you get an upset tummy.Gostosura Travessa offer a small speed boost in addition to eventually giving you an Barriga Ruim. They are the new currency for Hallow's End and are rewards for completing all quests. The amount needed to make you sick is random--generally you'll need less than 5.

Chamado sinistroObtain a Sinister Squashling pet and Hallowed Helm.This used to be one of the most difficult achievements to obtain due to sheer luck factor, for this one you must obtain both the Sinister Squashling vanity pet and the Hallowed Helm off the Headless Horseman. However, you can now buy both items with saved up total.

Baile de máscarasGet transformed by the Hallowed Wands listed below.For this achievement, you must be transformed by each specific costume Hallowed Wand. The 'Random' wand will not count towards the achievement. It is best to trade costumes with other players who have the ones you want. Wands can be purchased for , for a total of if you want to buy all seven wands.

So far the achievement tooltip does not count the 5 additional wands added in 2014.

Travessuras ou Gostosuras!Receive a handful of a candy from one of the Candy Buckets located in an inn.For this achievement, all you have to do is visit a single Candy Bucket located within any friendly inn and loot a handful of candy.

Gostosuras e Travessuras de AzerothComplete the Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Outland Tricks and Treats achievements.For this achievement, you must complete each of the three following achievements, essentially having visited every possible Candy Bucket on three continents. Later achievements for visiting Candy Buckets on new continents have not been added to this meta achievement.

Máscaras para todas as ocasiõesCollect the 24 unique Flimsy Masks listed below.For this achievement, you must obtain every singleFlimsy Mask. This achievement used to be very difficult to complete as it relied upon RNG from Treat Bags. It is also not a requirement for Eu sou o terror que voa na noite. However, in Cataclysm, players can purchase masks for each--so this achievement is a lot easier to complete.

If you have no luck from Punhado de Balas, you will have to spend to get each mask.

Comentários

Comentado por Bloud

on 2014-10-18T13:13:53-05:00

540 Ilvl, awwww yyeeeaaahhhh!

Comentado por DaltonImperial

on 2014-10-18T13:19:19-05:00

What is the ilvl REQ for the Headless Horseman 5-man? Also, is the boss loot "smart", or is there a chance by Ret Pally will get one of the INT rings if I'm lucky enough to get a drop (or is the drop guaranteed?)?

Comentado por Cnith

on 2014-10-18T13:23:56-05:00

How they expect us to be able to gather 1000 Tricky Treats for the Arthas item, in 15 days is beyond me. Hopefully it's an error.

Comentado por perculia

on 2014-10-18T13:29:55-05:00

I've reached out to a few people about the cost, and I know other players are as well--hopefully it will be changed soon.

Comentado por CalaelenDT

on 2014-10-18T13:33:39-05:00

Even if the costs gets reduced, at a 1 time charge I probably won't bother. I'd prefer to grab the 2 new pets.

Comentado por Rogark

on 2014-10-18T13:40:35-05:00

It's actually 50 charges.

Comentado por AlaskanDruid

on 2014-10-18T13:41:38-05:00

Loot Filled pumpkin does not drop. Blizzard forgot to put that in ...

Comentado por atycroth

on 2014-10-18T13:43:11-05:00

Can the Hollowed Helm be transmoged?

Comentado por CalaelenDT

on 2014-10-18T13:43:21-05:00

It's actually 50 charges.

Currently says '1 Charge' in-game, which I'm going to believe over Wowhead.

Comentado por Darkbander

on 2014-10-18T13:48:10-05:00

It will always say 1 charge when viewing the vendor.

Comentado por perculia

on 2014-10-18T13:49:50-05:00

The "1 charge" is most likely a display glitch. I previewed a wand in the vendor window, it said it had 1 Charge. I then bought the wand and it said it had 5 changes in my bag.

Comentado por CalaelenDT

on 2014-10-18T14:00:31-05:00

It will always say 1 charge when viewing the vendor.

I didn't know that, thanks.

Comentado por Nicholas0606

on 2014-10-18T14:44:59-05:00

You should always believe WoWhead over actual Blizz. They are far better at figuring things out about Blizzard's own game than Blizzard is. Its sad really, Blizzard should just hire the Wowhead crew for that exact reason.

Comentado por pattycakes

on 2014-10-18T14:47:37-05:00

I'm Horde and went to Blasted Lands for the Candy Bucket, but I'm seeing Orkrilon Hold instead of Dreadmaul Hold. So are the Blasted Lands' Candy Bucket not available this year?

Comentado por perculia

Comentado por PWOMatrix

on 2014-10-18T15:10:42-05:00

The 2 Blasted Land candy buckets need to be removed. They aren't there.

Comentado por Feren

on 2014-10-18T15:15:55-05:00

The rings you loot from the headless horseman, its a group roll and not individual loot, but one drops from him every encounter so just re-queue with the group you are in and keep killing him till you get the ring you need and want, just watch out some one else might roll on it as well.

Comentado por Killdnaction

on 2014-10-18T15:22:50-05:00

Don't the candy buckets reset every hour? I thought that's how it worked.

Comentado por perculia

on 2014-10-18T15:24:03-05:00

They are all still available, you need to speak to Zidormi as stated in the guide and earlier in the thread.